Huff and Puff.........

And then the wind blows, and it sure did. It stormed and rained and gusted around us, but we stayed snug in our home. We have leaves and acorns down everywhere and a few small branches but nothing major. Our power was out for awhile yesterday, but it was back on by the time we came home from town. We were not so lucky with the internet. We have satelitte here (the only high speed available to us) and when the weather is bad, no internet. It is thankfully back now. Our swing in the yard did a back flip about 10 feet away but seems to be otherwise unscathed. Our market umbrella, jumped out of it's stand and was upside down in the pool, also undamaged. He had a good week. He did some new and surprising things. He raised his legs on command. Several times. They were surprised and took him to physical therapy right away to take advantage of his participation. He repeated it for PT and they got him to a mat and turned him to his side and asked him to roll himself back to the center. He did. More than once. The ground here is damp, it smells like fall, and freshly fallen pine needles. We weathered the storm. I hope this is a harbinger of what is to come. Staying the course and weathering the storm.